Not that anyone needs one, but here’s another problem for obese people, especially women: They are much more likely to get even occasional migraine headaches.
A study published in Neurology found obese people were 81 percent more likely to have episodic migraines — 14 or fewer headache days a month — than people of normal weight. The research adds to a known connection between obesity and migraines.
“Previous studies have shown a link between people with chronic migraine and obesity, but the research has been conflicting,” the study’s author, B. Lee Peterlin of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said.
The information is important, he said, in part because people can lose weight — and perhaps lose the migraines which can be debilitating.
The research found the strongest relationship between obesity and migraines among people younger than 50, white and female. No studies have found an association between migraines and obesity in post-reproductive-age people.
